The head of Brazil's top corruption-busting team of federal prosecutors will quit the task force that dismantled the country's biggest graft network and jailed a former president for taking bribes, the team announced on Tuesday.
U.S. Treasury yields on the longer end of the curve reversed course and fell on Tuesday after a Federal Reserve governor called for new accommodative efforts to help the economy overcome the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
There were 13 new ETF listings in August 2020. The listings continued some of the recent trends such as the continued interest in active semi-transparent and defined outcome ETFs.
A Russian influence operation posed as an independent news outlet to target left-wing voters in the United States and Britain, including by recruiting freelance journalists to write about domestic politics, Facebook said on Tuesday.
The heavily oversold dollar rebounded as it reached pivotal support [nL1N2FY0LV] on Tuesday and may soon receive help from a bullish seasonal pattern running from late-August to mid-December [nL1N2FM1DV].
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Shares of ScanSource (NASDAQ: SCSC) sank on Tuesday after the technology products distributor reported its fiscal fourth-quarter results. The numbers were mixed relative to analyst expectations, with sales down more than 20% due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ScanSource
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Shares of relatively small energy services provider Liberty Oilfield Services (NYSE: LBRT) took off like a lightning bolt at the start of trading on Sept. 1, rising 42% out of the gate. Although the stock started to cool off by 11:30 a.m. EDT, the shares were still
For the third straight month, and for the fourth time in the last five months, Macao casinos reported monthly gambling revenue plunged 95% or more from the year-ago period. The casinos might be open, but gamblers aren't visiting.
A company's own top management tend to have the best inside view into the business, so when company officers make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock of their company in
The iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Tuesday, with over 185,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 93,000. Shares of IWX were down about 0.2% on the day.
In trading on Tuesday, the WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Zoom Video Communications, up about 34% and shares of Docusign, up about 13% on the day.
It's not surprising that many investors watch eagerly for news of Warren Buffett's stock trades. The Oracle of Omaha has made a successful career (and lots of money) picking stocks.
In trading on Tuesday, drugs shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2.2%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings, off about 13.3% and shares of Kindred Biosciences down about 12.9% on the day.
Alphabet Inc's Google and Apple Inc on Tuesday announced a new system that will enable public health authorities to use smartphones to assist in contact tracing without having to build an app.
Sempra Energy today announced that its board of directors has declared a $1.045 per share quarterly dividend on the company's common stock, which is payable Oct. 15, 2020, to common stock shareholders of record at the close of business on Sept. 25, 2020.
In trading on Tuesday, music & electronics stores shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 3.9%. Leading the group were shares of Gamestop, up about 8.8% and shares of Conns up about 6% on the day.